Sample Sentences for
Mach
(editor-reviewed)

Mach as in:  Mach-one

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    These arms could rotate the chair on all four axes, so when I was strapped in to it, the unit could flip, spin, or shake my body to create the sensation that I was falling, flying, or sitting behind the wheel of a nuclear-powered rocket sled hurtling at Mach 2 through a canyon on the fourth moon of Altair VI.  (source)
    Mach = the speed of an object divided by the speed of sound
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    They can turn on a dime and come to a sudden stop, from Mach 2 to zero in less than a second.  (source)
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    Besides, his YAK could only break Mach 1 in a dive.  (source)
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    In this case it was a joy-riding teenage couple in a stolen EMV outside the traffic lanes, accelerating to Mach 1.5 with all lights and transponders off to avoid detection, who defied all odds by colliding with Aunt Tetha's ancient Vikken as it descended toward the Bussard City Opera House landing apron.  (source)
    Mach = the speed of an object divided by the speed of sound
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    So when they were racing their latest motorcycle software, holding wild rallies through Downtown at Mach 1, they didn't worry about engine capacity.  (source)
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    He heard a faint boom somewhere over the desert, the blast wave of mach speeds, and it thrilled him, moved him.  (source)
    mach = a unit of speed equal to the speed of sound; Mach 1 = speed of sound, Mach 2 = twice the speed of sound
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    [The pilot] is maintaining his present course at Mach .73, even though embedded thunderstorms have been reported in your area and you encounter moderate turbulence  (source)
    Mach = the speed of an object divided by the speed of sound
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    Mach 15 jets?  (source)
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    As I enter the serene city of Guerneville, the 4-Runner truck goes from a Mach-like speed to that of a snail.†  (source)
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    He slid through the mach with a slight, thrilling tremor.†  (source)
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    Root cartwheeled, righting himself at MACH 1.†  (source)
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    The transport was a Globemaster C-17, flying at mach point seven, loaded with electronic surveillance equipment.†  (source)
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    I nodded my head to the sergeant's answer, then stated before thinking, "Excuse me, sir, but if I'm not mistaken, that's the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle: first strike, air superior fighter, capable of speeds in excess of Mach 2.5, produced by a pair of G.E. F-100 after-burning engines...."†  (source)
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meaning too rare to warrant focus

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    Dussel replied in his haughtiest tone, "Ich mach' das schon!"  (source)
    mach = foreign language
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    Then he decided I needed some solid grounding in aviation history, and he stayed up half the night briefing me, by the light of a kerosene lamp, on the test-flight program, basic aerodynamics, and the Austrian physicist Ernst Mach.  (source)
    Mach = the person after whom the Mach speed system is named
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    Mach es tot!  (source)
    Mach = German for "make or do"
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    The Prince, Mach's my all-time fave.  (source)
    Mach = short for Machiavelli
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    She ain't forgiven me: not mach.  (source)
    mach = Cockney dialect for "much"
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    Mach et tot!  (source)
    Mach = German for "make or do"
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